Electromechanisms / Transducers (Electromechanical Technology Series)

by: Richard L. Allen; Bob R. Hunter

Publication date: 1972

Usage: Public Domain Mark 1.0

Topics: TERC, electromechanical, transducer, sensor, engineering education

Collection: electromechtech; additional_collections

Language: English

These materials are intended to provide meaningful experience in basic transducers for students of modern technology. The topics included provide exposure to: basic principles of measurement as well as pressure, temperature, level, rate, photoelectric, and sound transducers. The materials are presented in an action-oriented format combining many of the features normally found in a textbook with those usually associated with a laboratory manual.

MATERIAL BEHAVIOR 1
THE THERMOCOUPLE 11
PRESSURE TRANSMITTERS 23
PIEZOELECTRIC EFFECT 33
STRAIN GAGES 40
VARIABLE INDUCTANCE TRANSDUCER 48
GAGE AND ABSOLUTE PRESSURE RECORDERS 55
PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS 69
MEASUREMENT OF DENSITY & SPECIFIC GRAVITY 84
FLUID FLOW TRANSDUCERS 94
LIQUID LEVEL TRANSDUCERS 102
PHOTOELECTRICITY TRANSDUCERS 112
PHOTOCELL APPLICATION 119
CHEMICAL TRANSDUCERS 129
SOUND TRANSDUCERS 136

This manual, along with the others in the Electromechanical Technology Series, is the result of six years of research and development by TERC, a national nonprofit, public service corporation with headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It has undergone a number of revisions as a direct result of experience gained with students in technical schools and community colleges throughout the country.